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Filippo GecchiDate Published1691 Lot #102 [Le Morte Darthur]: The Most Ancient and Famous History of the Renowned Prince Arthur, King of Britaine View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorMalory, Sir ThomasPublisherR. WilkesDate Published1816 Lot #103 Original manuscript leaf on vellum from a Latin Missal View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Manuscipt Leaf from a Missal)Author**Date Publishedc.16th century Lot #104 Original silver photograph of a partially nude woman View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,687.50StatusSold AuthorMapplethorpe, RobertDate PublishedNo date Lot #105 Opera View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorMarolois, SamuelPublisherJan JanssenDate Published1633-1662 Lot #106 Moby-Dick; or, The Whale View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 Lot #107 Joan Miró: Lithographs. Volume IV 1969-1972 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Miró, Joan)AuthorCalas, Nicolas and ElenaPublisherAlpine Fine Arts Collection, Ltd.Date Published[1984] Lot #108 A Route-Book, Adapted to Mitchell's National Map of the American Republic; Comprising Tables of the Principal Rail-Road, Steam-Boat and Stage Routes, Throughout the United States View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorMitchell, S[amuel] AugustusPublisherS. Augustus MitchellDate Published1846 Lot #109 De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America en 't Zuid-Land, Vervaetende d'Oorsprong der Americaenen en Zuid-landers, gedenkwaerdige togten derwaerds, gelegendheid der vaste Kusten, Eilanden, Steden, Sterkten, Dorpen, Tempels, Bergen, Fonteinen, Stroomen, Huisen, de natuur van Beesten, Boomen, Planten en vreemde Gewasschen, Gods-dienst en Zeden, Wonderlijke Voorvallen, Vereeuwde en Nieuwe Oorloogen: Verciert met Af-beeldsels na 't leven in America gemaekt View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold AuthorMontanus, ArnoldusPublisherJacob MeursDate Published1671 Lot #110 L'Art D'Empailler Les Oiseaux, Contenant des Principes de théorie nouveaux, et des Procédés de pratique avantageux pour conserver à chaque Famille ses formes et ses attitudes naturelles; Faisant suiteau Traité élémentaire d'Ornithologie View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMouton-Fontenille, M[arie] J[acques] P[hilippe]PublisherYvernault et CabinDate Published1811 Lot #111 The Works of John Muir View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorMuir, JohnPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1916-1924 Lot #112 Lamindi Pritanii De Ingeniorum Moderatione in Religionis Negotio, Ubi quæ Jura, quæ Frena futura sint Homini Christiano in inquirende & tradenda Veritate.... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[Muratori, Lodovico Antonio]PublisherJoannis Baptistæ PasqualiDate Published1752 Lot #113 Collection of 6 pieces of Sheet Music View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Music)Author**Date PublishedEarly 19th century Lot #114 Document Signed by Newton View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold AuthorNewton IsaacDate PublishedDec. 24, 1718 Lot #115 Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold AuthorNewton, IsaacPublisherGuil. & Joh. InnysDate Published1726 Lot #116 Sous Le Signe du Rossignol View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Nielsen, Kay)AuthorJacques, HenryPublisherL'Édition D'Art H. PiazzaDate Published[1923] Lot #117 The Voyages & Travels of the Ambassadors sent by Frederick Duke of Holstein, to the Great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia: Begun in the Year M.DC.XXXIII. and finish'd in M.DC.XXXIX. Containing a Compleat History of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, and other Adjacent Countries. With several Publick Transactions reaching neer the Present Times; in VII. Books. Whereto are added the Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo, (a Gentleman Belonging to the Embassy) from Persia, into the East-Indies ... in III. books / Written originally by Adam Olearius, Secretary to the Embassy. Faithfully rendred into English, by John Davies View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorOlaerius, Adam, & John Albert de MandelsloPublisherPrinted for Thomas Dring, and John StarkeyDate Published1662 Lot #118 A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles; Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Oxford English Dictionary)AuthorMurray, James A. H., ed.PublisherThe Clarendon Press and Macmillan and Co.Date Published1888-1928; 1933 Lot #119 Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants; or, An Herball of a Large Extent, Containing therein a more ample and exact History and Declaration of the Physicall Herbs and Plants that are in other Authours, encreased by the accesse of many hundreds of new, rare and strange Plants from all parts of the world... View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorParkinson, JohnPublisherThos. CotesDate Published1640 Lot #120 The Knave of Hearts View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Parrish, Maxfield)AuthorSaunders, LouisePublisherScribner'sDate Published1925 Lot #121 Historique et Description des Procédés du Daguerreotype et du Diorama View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Photography)AuthorDaguerre, [Louis Jacques Mandé]PublisherAlphonse GirouxDate Published1839 Lot #122 Vite de Plutarco Cheroneo de gli Huomini Illustri Greci et Romani... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorPlutarchPublisherGabriel Giolito de' FerrariDate Published1568 Lot #123 Les Loges de Raphael. Collection Complète des Cinquante-Deux Tableaux Peints a Fresque, qui Ornent les Voutes du Vatican et Représentent des Sujets de la Bible, Dessinés a L'Aquarelle et Gravés en Taille-Douce. Par Joseph-Charles de Meulemeester, Ancien Pensionnaire de France a Rome, Etc. Et Accompagnés D'un Texte par Le Baron de Reiffenberg, Commandeur et Chevalier de Plusieurs Ordres. Dédie a sa Majesté Léopolf Ier, Roi des Belges View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Raphael Sanzio d'Urbino)Authorde Reiffenberg, BaronPublisherLacrosse, Éditeur a la Librairie PerichonDate Published1853 Lot #124 Three Physico-Theological Discourses, Concerning, I. The Primitive Chaos, and Creation of the World. II. The General Deluge, its Causes and Effects. III. The Dissolution of the World, and Future Conflagration...The Production and Use of Mountains...Sea-Fishes Bones and Shells found in the Earth; the Effects of particular Floods, and Inundations of the Sea; the Eruptions of Vulcano's; the Nature and Causes of Earthquakes. Also an Historical Account of those Two late remarkable Ones in Jamaica and England... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorRay, JohnPublisherPrinted for William InnysDate Published1713 Lot #125 Satyres et Aitres Peuvres de Regnier, Accompagnées de Remarques Historiques. Nouvelle Edition considerablement augmentée View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorRegnier, MathurinPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1733 Lot #126 L'Oeuvre de Rembrandt Decrit et Commente View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Rembrandt van Rijn)AuthorBlanc, CharlesPublisherA. LevyDate Published1873 Lot #127 Bill the Minder View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$8,750StatusSold AuthorRobinson, W. HeathPublisherConstableDate Published1912 Lot #128 Légende Tartare de Crimée, par Marina Romanoff View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorRomanoff, Marina, S.A. Princess of RussiaPublisherHonoré ChampionDate Published1926 Lot #129 Thesaurus Artificiosae Memoriae. Concionatoribus, Philosophis, Medicis, Iuristis, Oratoribus, Produratoribus, cæterisq; bonarum litterarum amatoribus View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorRosselli, CosmaPublisherAntonius PadovaniDate Published1579 Lot #130 The Tour[s] of Doctor Syntax in Search of [1] the Picturesque; [2] Consolation; [3] a Wife View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)AuthorCombe, WilliamDate Published[1813], 1820, [1821] Lot #131 The Scientific Outlook View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorRussell, BertrandPublisherGeorge Allen & UnwinDate Published[1931] Lot #132 L'Illusion Heroique de Tito Bassi View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorRégnier, Henri [Francois Joseph]PublisherLa RoseraieDate Published[1926] Lot #133 De natuurlyke historie der insecten; voorzien met naar 't leven getekende en gekoleurde plaaten. Volgens eigen ondervinding beschreeven, door den Heer August Johan Rösel, van Rosenhof, miniatuur-schilder. Met zeer nutte en fraaie aanmerkingen verrykt, door den Heer C. F. C. Kleemann View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorRösel von Rosenhof, August Johann & Christian Friedrich Carl KleemannPublisherBy C. H. Bohn en H. de Wit, boekverkoopersDate Published[1764-68] Lot #134 Danmarks Fugle med Henblik paa de i Grønland, paa Færøerne og i Kongeriget Island Forekommende Arter View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorSchioler, E[iler] LehnPublisherGyldendalske boghandelDate Published1925-1931 Lot #135 Gems of Modern Belgian Art: A Series of Carbon-Photographs from the Pictures of Eminent Living Artists. With Remarks on the Works Selected, and an Essay on the Schools of Belgium and Holland View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorScott, William B[ell]PublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published1872 Lot #136 Studies of the Human Form for Artists, Sculptors and Scientists View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorShufeldt, R. W.PublisherF.A. Davis CompanyDate Published[1908] Lot #137 Galic Antiquities: Consisting of a History of the Druids, Particularly Those of Caledonia; A Dissertation on the Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian; and a Collection of Ancient Poems, Translated from the Galic of Ullin, Ossian, Orran, &c. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorSmith, JohnPublisherT. Cadell & C. ElliotDate Published1780 Lot #138 A Dissertation Upon the Nerves... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorSmith, W.PublisherPrinted for the Author, and sold by W. Owen, et al.Date Published1768 Lot #139 The Life of Nelson View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSouthey, RobertPublisherPrinted for John MurrayDate Published1813 Lot #140 Dracula View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorStoker, BramPublisherArchibald ConstableDate Published1897 Lot #141 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or the History of a Christian Slave View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherPublisherPartridge & OakeyDate Published1852 Lot #142 The Art-Union, Monthly Journal of the Fine Arts and the Arts, Decorative, Ornamental View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Talbot, William Henry Fox)Author**PublisherPalmer & ClaytonDate Published1846 Lot #143 Toulouse-Lautrec et Son Oeuvre View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de)AuthorDortu, M. G.PublisherCollectors EditionsDate Published1971 Lot #144 Phineas Finn, the Irish Member View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorTrollope, AnthonyPublisherVirtue & Co.Date Published1869 Lot #145 Manuscript Turkish-Arabic Dictionary Lexicon View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Turkish-Arabic Dictionary)AuthorMustafa Bin Shams El Din Karahisari ("El-Akhtari")Date Publishedc.18th century Lot #146 The Seine and the Loire View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Turner, J.M.W.)AuthorHuish, M[arcus] B[ourne]PublisherJ.S. VirtueDate Published1886 Lot #147 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and other Sketches View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkPublisherC.H. WebbDate Published1868 Lot #148 The Writings of Mark Twain View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkPublisherHarpersDate Published1929 Lot #149 Lot of four papers on Mathematics View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$23,750StatusSold AuthorViéte, FrançoisDate Published1593-1600 Lot #150 Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorVoltaire, [Francois Marie Arouet de]PublisherDe L'Imprimerie de la Société Littéraure-TypographiqueDate Published1784 Lot #151 Present State of the Spanish Colonies; Including a Particular Report of Hispañola, or the Spanish Part of Santo Domingo; with a General Survey of the Settlements on the South Continent of America, as Relates to History, Trade, Population, Customs, Manners, &c. with a Concise Statement of the Sentiments of the People on Their Relative Situation to the Mother Country, &c View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorWalton, WilliamPublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1810 Lot #152 Andy Warhol's Index (Book) View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorWarhol, AndyPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1967 Lot #153 The History of Great Britain, Being the Life and Reign of King James the First, Relating To what passed from his first Access to the Crown, till his Death View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorWilson, ArthurPublisherPrinted for Richard LowndsDate Published1653 Lot #154 Animate Creation; Popular Edition of "Our Living World," a Natural History View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorWood, J[ohn] G[eorge]PublisherSelmar HessDate Published[1898] Lot #155 Collection of 21 photographic prints of the surrender of the Japanese in China, Chiang Kai-shek in various poses, etc. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(World War II - Japanese Surrender)Author**Headline21 Photos of Japanese Surrender WWIIDate Published[c. 1945-6] Lot #156 Original pen & ink drawing of two women View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorYunge-Bateman, J.Date Publishedc.1960-70 Lot #157 Zend-Avesta, Ouvrage De Zoroastre, Contenant les Idées Théologiques, Physiques & Morales de ce Législature, les Cérémonies du Culte Religieux qu'il a établi, & plusiers traits importans relatifs à l'ancienne Histoire des Perses... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Zoroaster)AuthorAnquetil Duperron, Abraham HyacinthPublisherN.M. TilliardDate Published1771 Lot #158 The Conquest of Mount McKinley: The Story of Three Expeditions Through the Alaskan Wilderness to Mount McKinley, North America's Highest and Most Inaccessible Mountain View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorBrowne, BelmorePublisherPutnamDate Published1913 Lot #159 The Assault on Mount Everest 1922 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorBruce, C.G., et al.PublisherEdward ArnoldDate Published1923 Lot #160 Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorConway, William MartinPublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1894 Lot #161 Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909: An Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abbruzzi View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorFilippi, Filippo dePublisherConstableDate Published1912 Lot #162 The Ascent of Mount St. Elias [Alaska] by H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo de Savoia Duke of the Abruzzi View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorFilippi, Filippo dePublisherArchibald ConstableDate Published1900 Lot #163 The Life of Horace Benedict de Saussure View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorFreshfield, Douglas W. & Henry F. MontaignierPublisherEdward ArnoldDate Published1920 Lot #164 Round Kangchenjunga: A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorFreshfield, Douglas W.PublisherEdward ArnoldDate Published1903 Lot #165 The Exploration of the Caucasus View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorFreshfield, Douglas W.PublisherEdward ArnoldDate Published1896 Lot #166 Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance, 1921 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorHoward-Bury, C.K.PublisherEdward ArnoldDate Published1922 Lot #167 The Annals of Mont Blanc: A Monograph View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorMathews, Charles EdwardPublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1898 Lot #168 My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorMummery, A[lbert] F[rederick]PublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1895 Lot #169 The Fight For Everest: 1924 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorNorton, E.F., et al.PublisherEdward ArnoldDate Published1925 Lot #170 The Matterhorn View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorRey, GuidoPublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1907 Lot #171 Everest 1933 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorRuttledge, HughPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published1934 Lot #172 Everest: The Unfinished Adventure View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorRuttledge, HughPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1937] Lot #173 The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley): A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorStuck, HudsonPublisherScribner'sDate Published1914 Lot #174 Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorWhymper, EdwardPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 Lot #175 Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorWhymper, EdwardPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1893 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next